No Prince Charming
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He pulled back enough to let me see his attempt at a sinister leer. Instead, he looked a little dorky…and a lot sexy. I giggled and rubbed a hand against the weekend scruff lining his jaw. “I wouldn’t even try to fight and you know it.”
We smothered each other in a lip-mashing kiss. At the moment I felt his crotch start to lurch against the puddle at the crux of my thighs, he reared back. With a deprecating grin, he murmured, “Wow.”
“You stole that thought right out of my head.”
His gaze darkened and his lips lifted. “We’ve come a long way, haven’t we?”
“That’s a good thing, right?”
“Damn straight. Just think…how I was so afraid of you running away…”
I pouted. “I never ran very far.”
“Would’ve been a lot less far if you were naked in my bed more often.”
I smacked his shoulder playfully as he set me back down, but the overhead speakers blared with the boarding call for my flight. Instantly, I leapt back at him, overwhelmed and teary. He was right; it would only be two weeks before I saw him again. The reassurance did nothing this time. I didn’t want to let go. No…no.
I looked up into his dark velvet eyes, struggling to blink the sting out of mine. Alarm tightened the corners of his lips.
“Hey hey…why the tears, fairy?” He brushed my hair back and kissed my forehead.
“I love you so much,” I rasped. “In such a short amount of time, I’ve fallen so far. I’m in big trouble here.”
“This isn’t trouble, baby. It’s love. And it’s the best thing a person could hope to find in their lifetime. This is the real deal…and we’ve found it with each other…and I’m so fucking grateful. So unless those are tears of happiness, no more crying, okay?”
His words, so pure and strong, lent me the will to nod. “Okay.”
“You’re stuck with me, Claire Montgomery, for as long as you’ll have me. The ride’s just beginning.”
“Not a Tilt-A-Whirl, right?”
He chuckled. “Nope. No more throwing up, I guarantee it. This distance thing…it’s temporary.”
I giggled again. “Watch out, everyone. Killian Stone has spoken.”
“Fucking right,” he drawled, kissing me again before assuring, “We’ll work it out. Maybe there’s a Southern California office in the future for SGC, or maybe we’ll buy a little farm halfway for both of us…”
I smirked. “You realize that lands us somewhere in Colorado.”
“Hmmm. Perhaps a ranch, then. Or a little trendy coffee shop. I could wear a beret and make designs out of cappuccino foam all day.” When I could answer with nothing but a long laugh at imagining him as a hipster barista, he answered with a dazzling smile and went on, “We don’t have to decide today. Until we do, it’s one day at a time for you and me. Now get your sweet ass on that plane before I really do have to fly you home myself.”
We had a long-standing deal. I never looked back after I cleared security, so we kissed one last time before I turned and headed home.
The sunset gleamed through the window of the plane as I buckled into seat 1A, the same place I occupied on every flight. The first-class location was another non-negotiable item Killian had insisted on in my SGC contract. When I’d questioned the extravagance, he growled that if his fairy queen insisted on commercial flights, he insisted she fly in front, and there’d be no argument. I’d known better than to reply with anything more than a thankful kiss.
A private driver waited for me at Lindberg Field when I arrived in San Diego, loading me up in no time. During the drive through the city, I turned on my phone, not shocked to see three text messages waiting for me. I slowly smiled. No matter how many surprises the man wielded, in some ways, he was breathtakingly predictable. I knew what the texts would say before even reading the screen.
I.
Must.
See you again.
We lived happily ever after.
For Now.
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